Owen is 2!!!

I cannot believe how fast time has flown by. My baby boy is 2! Since Sean was coming in on the 17th, we waiting to do presents until Sean came in, but me and Owen still celebrated his birthday on his actual birthday (12th). We had a special treat...momma went out to get donuts for him on Sunday! He was so excited. We had a nice relaxing morning, headed to church and played ball the rest of the day:-) It was so fun! But his birthday was even better when daddy came to town. We opened presents, had donuts, watched his favorite movie "Cars", played ball outside! So much fun!

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Owen's love for sports balls

The past few months, O has gotten extremely attached to balls. Any shape, size or color. Just so long as he can throw, catch, or hit it, he is happy. Lately at night, he has been going to sleep with his football and the big red ball.

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Blessings at Christmas!

We had an amazing, relaxing wonderfully blessed Christmas this year! Sean came home from New York on the 17th. We enjoyed our family time so much the first weekend. And the biggest blessing is that we got, and accepted an offer on our house on Monday the 20th. What a wonderful early Christmas present. We are set to close on the house in Texas on the 21st of January! So the rest of the week was extremely busy for Sean while he was home. It was so amazing to receive this gift! Our family will be reunited soon in New York, and we will start our new adventure there.

Merry Christmas

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And We're Off...

And the adventure begins tomorrow....

Owen and I will travel the skies to New York for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

We can't WAIT to be reunited with daddy!

Owen is super excited to fly on the airplane, and mommy is super nervous about flying alone with a toddler who is 2 weeks shy of being 2. This could be an interesting trip.

We ask that you would pray for us as we head on this adventure just the two of us.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

O and the three blankets

There once was a boy named Owen
who would not part with his favorite
three blankets. When asked "ready to go?"
He'd reply with a "no"
and carry his three blankets behind him.

Trick or Treat!

Although Daddy wasn't with us for Halloween this year, O and I still had a great time!

We went to a friends church about 10 minutes away and did some "trunk or treating". After "trunk or treating",we went to a few houses in the neighborhood, and caught up with some dear friends.

Owen had a blast:) We are looking forward to next year, when all 3 of us can be together, and it will really be fall weather:)

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O and the big red ball

The best investment I have EVER made. This ball makes this kid so stinkin' happy. Lucky for me, it was only $2!!! This kid just needs a basket full of balls and he is happy:)

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Trick or Trick?

O and I had a mini dress up practice session before Halloween on Saturday morning. As most of you know, I am a bargain shopper, and I found O's costume last year at a garage sale for $2. I was super excited about it, but he never got to try it on last year, because I smartly bought it a size too big. So I got a little nervous the day before Halloween, because I know a lot of kids Owen's age, don't particularly like wearing costumes. I pulled the costume out, and we had a mini dress up session. Lo and behold, O LOVED wearing it! He just strutted around the bedroom with his costume on with a big grin on his face! One of the best $2 I have spent yet...that is until the big red ball... More on that later! :) We also practiced saying "trick or treat", and it sounded more like "trick trick" but so sweet nonetheless.

Enjoy the practice session photos:)

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Pumpkin Patch 2010

Before Sean left for New York, we had a great family weekend. One day involved heading to the pumpkin patch and picking out our pumpkins!

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Anytime Owen sees anything that is remotely round like a ball, he has to test it's trajectory. This one passes the test I think...This kid cracks me up!

Owen and Daddy...they are sitting exactly the same! Hands crossed, slight smile...

Just Listed !

Our house is officially ON THE MARKET!

Suprise!!

To all of my readers (All 5 of you :) ) I apologize for not updating as often as I should have this past month, we have had quite the adventure the past few weeks!   Isn't it interesting that when I have the most to say, is when I update my blog the least!  

Here goes nothing...the past few months of our lives...

We went to California for a family visit in May, we went to New York for a visit in July, and headed back out to California in August for a quick trip.  Sean and I started to think of all of the travel we have had to to in the past 6 1/2 years to see family, that we looked at each other in wonderment as to why we hadn't taken the plunge.  Well we always had opportunities, recruiters constantly call Sean at work, but it was never in a prime location, like somewhere in Kentucky, or Illinois, Wisconsin, or some other odd state, that wasn't going to get us closer to family.  Well we prayed...hard about the timing.  And this year full of travel really lit the fire underneath us both to really start pursuing a move....In a matter of a few weeks to when Sean was really taking this whole "Let's move, and get closer to family" more seriously, Sean took two calls from two different recruiters, travelled east and west for two job interviews, and we finally took the plunge, and....

We are relocating to NEW YORK!!!

We will be living in Corning, NY. http://www.city-data.com/city/Corning-New-York.html It is a small town nestled within the finger lakes of Western New York.  We will be about 45 minutes from where Sean and I went to school.  We will also be close to all of Sean's family, and close to all of our wonderful friends from college.  Although it is far from my family in California, we actually will be able to get California more often than once a year.  Also this town will be GREAT for visitors look at some of these links:) 

http://www.corningny.com/

http://www.experiencecorningny.com/

http://www.corningfingerlakes.com/

And these two museums are right in the town of Corning...no more drive to Dallas for a museum! 

http://www.cmog.org/

http://www.rockwellmuseum.org/

We have witnessed God's perfect timing in this whole adventure, and we have been so blessed!  His timing is always perfect!  

Goof Ball Owen

I heart New York

Sean made the trek out to New York by car last Wednesday, and finally got to NY on Friday afternoon. He stopped just outside of St. Louis the first day, and then stopped to see our close friends Dave and Emily outside of Cleveland on Thursday night. He has found a room to rent in Corning, NY which will be perfect! It is right down town, and he will be able to walk to work, and it is very economical, which will help us as we prepare financially for the future.

I have agreed to stay back in Texas with Owen until our house sells, and then I will join him shortly after. We want to be as economical as possible, and in order to support two households (New York and Texas), we will need two incomes. There may be a possibility of me transferring with Merrill Lynch, but that is also in the process as well. But the ultimate goal is for me to stay home with Owen.

Please pray for all of us as we head on this journey together, yet separate. This is just a temporary sacrifice we are making to make sure we are being smart financially. It is a little blurp on the radar, and soon enough we will be together. :) We are going to be close to many family and friends that we have been without for these 6 years. It will be really great to reconnect with so many people.

So someone buy our house so we can be with daddy in New York!

Different Perspective

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Washing the Car

Owen loves loves loves doing anything that daddy is doing. The other weekend, we had family car washing day. I as able to catch some really great shots of O and Sean together:-)

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Labor Day

Our good friends, Peter and Kenda, and their son, Oliver (17 months) made the 10 hour trek down from Des Moines , IA for the long Labor Day weekend. Peter's brother lives in Dallas, and they stopped to see us on their way down to Dallas. We actually got 2 1/2 full days with them! We are so lucky and blessed to have such amazing friends! The last time we saw them, we were packing up their moving van, and they were waving out the back window as they headed up to Iowa. We had an amazing weekend with them!

The second night Peter and Kenda were in town, we had a BBQ with some of our other great friends, the Blackshear's. We are quite the crew when we all get together!

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